Upper Tingalpa Creekcare

21/07/2026

🌿 Passerine Park Bushcare – Sunday 26 July 🌿
Our Bushcare site is looking fantastic thanks to the incredible efforts of our volunteers. 💚

The recent plantings are establishing well, and a big thank you to everyone who removed the Singapore daisy at our last session—it has made a real difference.

This Sunday, we'll be tackling new Madeira vine shoots before they can spread and planting more native trees to continue restoring this important bushland habitat. 🌱

📅 Sunday 26 July
🕗 8:00 am – 10:00 am
📍 Passerine Park, Priest Gully Creek (where it passes under Underwood Road)

Parking: Underwood Road, or park on Passerine Drive and walk across the footbridge.
Please bring:
💧 A water bottle
🧢 A hat
🧴 Sunscreen
🧤 Gardening gloves (if you have them—gloves are also available to borrow)
☕ Stay afterwards for morning tea and a chat.

12/07/2026

30/06/2026

🌿 A Wonderful Morning Celebrating Our Catchment! 🦎💚

On Sunday 28 June, we celebrated our local environment with a Get to Know Your Catchment event alongside the fantastic Passerine Park Bushcare Group.

Around 34 people joined us for a morning of learning, community and conservation. A highlight of the event was the always entertaining Gekoes Wildlife Show, which gave everyone the chance to get up close with some amazing native wildlife.
B4C's Assistant Catchment Manager, Callum Rawlins, also shared an exciting overview of what is planned for the coming year as part of the Upper Tingalpa Creekcare program.

It was also a great opportunity to celebrate the incredible progress being made at Passerine Park. Thanks to the dedication of our Bushcare volunteers, three long sections of coir matting have now been installed and planted, helping to stabilise the creek bank and restore important habitat.

Seeing the site transform while bringing the community together is exactly what Catchment Care is all about. Thank you to everyone who came along and to our wonderful Passerine Park Bushcare Group for making such a positive difference. 🌱💙
Seqwater

15/06/2026

A big thank you to the amazing Creekcare champions making a difference across the Upper Tingalpa Catchment.

If you live in the catchment, we'd love you to get involved and become part of our growing community of people working together for healthy land, healthy waterways, and healthy communities. 🌱
The Upper Tingalpa Creek Catchment includes the beautiful suburbs of Burbank, Sheldon, Priestdale, and parts of Mount Cotton, Daisy Hill, Springwood, Rochedale South, Rochedale, Mackenzie, Belmont, Chandler, and Capalaba!

This catchment feeds into the Tingalpa Reservoir, a key drinking water dam , and is home to a fascinating array of wildlife, including greater gliders, koalas, and squirrel gliders!

Seqwater

29/05/2026

💧 Do you live in the Upper Tingalpa Catchment?

This beautiful catchment includes Burbank, Sheldon, Priestdale, and parts of Mount Cotton, Daisy Hill, Springwood, Rochedale South, Rochedale, Mackenzie, Belmont, Chandler and Capalaba.

Creeks and tributaries throughout the catchment flow into Leslie Harrison Dam (Tingalpa Reservoir), an important source of South East Queensland’s drinking water.

The catchment is also home to an incredible array of wildlife, including koalas, squirrel gliders, greater gliders and black cockatoos. 🐨🦉🌿

Upper Tingalpa Creekcare is part of Seqwater’s Source Protection initiative, recognising that protecting water at the source is the first step in delivering clean, safe and sustainable drinking water.

Seqwater sources the region’s drinking water from rivers, creeks and dams. This is known as raw water. Protecting the quality of this raw water helps ensure it can be efficiently and cost-effectively treated before it reaches our taps.
The good news is that actions that benefit your property and local wildlife can also help protect water quality. Healthy vegetation, stable creek banks, reduced erosion and good land management all contribute to healthier waterways and a healthier catchment.

🌱 Healthy catchments. Clean, safe and sustainable water.

Follow this page to learn more about the Upper Tingalpa Catchment, local wildlife, upcoming events and simple ways you can help protect our waterways.

29/05/2026

🌿 Backyards for Biodiversity Community Workshop 🌿

Do you live in the Upper Tingalpa Creek Catchment? Join us for an inspiring evening with Ken Cross, co-founder of Backyards for Biodiversity SEQ, and discover how your garden can help support local wildlife while contributing to a healthier catchment.

Book here: Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990593976168

📅 Thursday 25 June 2026, 7:00pm – 8:30pm
📍 Rochedale Community Hall
48 Farmers Street, Rochedale QLD 4123

🌱 Free native plants available!

Around the world, wildlife is declining as natural habitats are cleared and fragmented. Yet one of the greatest opportunities for conservation lies surprisingly close to home – in our own gardens.

Ken will explore how suburban backyards can become valuable refuges for native plants, birds, insects and other wildlife. Learn practical ways to:
✅ Attract native wildlife to your garden
✅ Create habitat with native plants
✅ Provide food, water and shelter
✅ Reduce chemical use
✅ Transform even a small backyard into a biodiversity haven

Ken is a lifelong naturalist, passionate birder, retired school teacher, birding tour guide and Convenor of BirdLife Sunshine Coast. He enjoys helping people discover how everyday spaces can play an important role in supporting biodiversity.

💧 This workshop is specifically for residents of the Upper Tingalpa Creek Catchment, recognising that healthy land supports both wildlife and clean drinking water. The catchment feeds into Tingalpa Reservoir and is home to iconic species including koalas, greater gliders and squirrel gliders.

Upper Tingalpa Creekcare, part of Seqwater’s Source Protection initiative, works with landholders and the community to protect water quality through local action and strong partnerships.

📞 For more information, contact B4C on (07) 3398 8003 or [email protected]

28/05/2026

💧 Do you live in a drinking water catchment? 🌿

The Upper Tingalpa Creek Catchment includes the beautiful suburbs of Burbank, Sheldon, Priestdale, and parts of Mount Cotton, Daisy Hill, Springwood, Rochedale South, Rochedale, Mackenzie, Belmont, Chandler, and Capalaba.

This important catchment feeds into the Tingalpa Reservoir, a key drinking water supply for South East Queensland, and is home to incredible wildlife including greater gliders, koalas and squirrel gliders. 🐨✨

Join us to celebrate this special catchment and help raise awareness that clean water starts at the source. 💧🌱

Seqwater

28/05/2026

🐦🌿 Creating Bird-Friendly Gardens – Community Workshop 🌿🐦
Would you like to attract more native birds to your garden and help support local wildlife?

Join Dr Christina Zdenek, Urban Birds Program Coordinator at BirdLife Australia, for a practical and inspiring workshop on creating bird-friendly gardens that support biodiversity and healthier waterways.

📅 Wednesday 10 June 2026,6:30pm – 8:30pm
📍 The Underhill Centre, 55–57 Degen Rd, Capalaba

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1990533313725

Discover:
• How to attract birds to your garden
• The habitat features birds need most
• Native plants that support declining woodland birds
• Tips for supporting small birds and reducing aggressive species such as Noisy Miners
• How your garden can become an important habitat stepping stone
• Simple ideas for bird baths and privacy planting

🌱 Free native plants available

This workshop is specifically for residents living within the Upper Tingalpa Creek Catchment and is part of Upper Tingalpa Creekcare, supported through Seqwater’s Source Protection initiative.

Seqwater

08/05/2026

💧 Winter is a great time to check that your onsite sewage treatment system (septic system) is functioning properly.

In a drinking water catchment, a poorly functioning septic system can impact human health, local waterways and the surrounding environment. Cooler, drier conditions also make it easier to spot warning signs before bigger problems develop.

Look out for:
• Lush, fast-growing grass or weeds over drainage areas
• Damp or soggy ground during dry weather
• Bad smells or sewage odours
• Slow-draining sinks, showers or toilets
• Gurgling pipes or overflowing drains
• Wastewater surfacing above ground
• Greywater entering nearby drains or waterways

Regular inspections and maintenance, conserving water and being mindful of what goes down your drains can help protect our waterways, wildlife and downstream drinking water supplies.

Seqwater

06/05/2026